Temasek CEO to go on unexplained leave for 3 months
Ho Ching will step down from most of her duties at the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund for three months, but the firm refused to give a reason for her absence. It follows the death of her father-in-law Lee Kuan Yew.
The chief executive of Temasek is taking a three-month sabbatical, the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund announced yesterday.
But the firm, which manages assets worth S$223 billion ($164 billion), refused to say why Ho Ching was taking the break, except to deny that it was linked to retirement plans.
Ho's break from her role comes just weeks after the death of her father-in-law Lee Kuan Yew, and two months after her husband had cancer surgery.
Yesterday Temasek Holdings releas…
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